Spokane maintains 24-hour emergency services (police, fire, emergency and crime reporting phone numbers) to respond to natural disasters, hazardous materials spills, or a widespread, long-term public health crisis. These services must remain a priority over all other non-essential services.

The disasters/hazards which are most likely to occur in the 25 Inland Northwest counties (in Washington, Idaho and Montana), ranked in order of likelihood, are:

Severe storms – wind, snow or rainWildfiresHazardous material spills or exposureFloodingUrban fires Disease epidemicsEarthquakesEruption of volcanoes in western Washington that would result in an influx of people moving inland Terrorism

COAD(Community Organizations Active in Disasters)Spokane County Dept. of Emergency Management1618 N. Rebecca AveSpokane, WA 99217Protecting people, property and the environment through increasing the readiness level to mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from major emergencies and disasters. https://www.spokanecounty.org/1903/COAD-Community-Organizations-Active-in-D